Kumamoto Airport

Kumamoto Airport
熊本空港
Kumamoto Kūkō

Kumamoto Airport Entrance
IATA: KMJ – ICAO: RJFT
Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Kumamoto
Location Mashiki, Kumamoto
Elevation AMSL 632 ft / 193 m
Coordinates 32°50′14″N 130°51′19″E / 32.83722°N 130.85528°E / 32.83722; 130.85528Coordinates: 32°50′14″N 130°51′19″E / 32.83722°N 130.85528°E / 32.83722; 130.85528
Website kmj-ab.co.jp/eng
Map
RJFT

Location in Japan

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 3,000 9,843 Asphalt concrete
Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan[1]

Kumamoto Airport (熊本空港 Kumamoto Kūkō) (IATA: KMJ, ICAO: RJFT), also known as Aso Kumamoto Airport (阿蘇くまもと空港 Aso Kumamoto Kūkō), is an airport in Mashiki, Kumamoto, Japan.

History

The first Kumamoto Airport opened in 1960 on the site of a former Imperial Japanese Army air base and had a 1,200 m runway. It was replaced by the current Kumamoto Airport in 1971. The new airport's 2,500 m runway was extended to 3,000 m in 1980.[2]

Kumamoto was one of three nationally-owned airports to turn a profit in fiscal year 2011 (along with New Chitose Airport and Komatsu Airport).[3] In 2013, the government passed legislation aimed at eventually allowing the sale of an operating concession at the airport.[4]

China Airlines charter service to Kaohsiung was announced in 2014 in order to cater to packaged tours from Taiwan.[5]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
All Nippon Airways Nagoya-Centrair, Naha, Osaka-Itami, Tokyo-Haneda
Amakusa Airlines Amakusa, Osaka-Itami
Asiana Airlines Seoul-Incheon
China Airlines Kaohsiung
Seasonal: Taipei-Taoyuan
Far Eastern Air Transport Taipei-Taoyuan (begins 6 July 2016)[6]
Fuji Dream Airlines Nagoya-Komaki
Hong Kong Airlines Hong Kong[7]
Japan Airlines Osaka-Itami, Tokyo-Haneda
Jetstar Japan Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Narita
Mandarin Airlines Charter: Kaohsiung
Myanmar Airways International Charter: Yangon[8]
Skymark Airlines Tokyo-Haneda
Solaseed Air Naha, Tokyo-Haneda
TransAsia Airways Charter: Taipei-Taoyuan

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ AIS Japan
  2. ↑ "会社概要". Kumamoto Airport Building Co., Ltd. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "国管理の空港、９割が赤字　11年度". Nihon Keizai Shimbun. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "国の28空港、民間委託可能に　新法案を閣議決定". Nihon Keizai Shimbun. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "熊本―台湾・高雄、定期チャーターで合意". Nihon Keizai Shimbun. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  6. ↑ "Far Eastern Air Files Preliminary Taiwan – Japan Operations from July 2016". airlineroute. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  7. ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2015/09/21/hx-kbvkmj-w15/
  8. ↑ http://www.maiair.com/images/Japan_charter_2014.jpg

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